Ed Payne was piloting a fighter bomber during the Vietnam War when he developed high blood glucose from his diet of candy and soda.
To help her husband avoid diabetes, Jennifer Payne made and shipped him honey-based bars as a healthier alternative. When Ed Payne entered retirement more than 30 years later in 2010, he tried to recreate the snack. The result was a snack bar with a honey content of about 50% that he named Honey Bunchies, his nickname for his wife.
Despite having no experience in…
